I have a config.xml file that contains a SQL query. The query will end up getting read and performed in c#. However, I need to know how to write the query contained inside the XML element. The problem is that the query uses <= in a WHERE statement. The '<' part of the query causes the XML to think it is supposed to esacpe the element, I think. How can i include this basic select statement in the XML file? I noticed > works fine. Obviously, I could swap the order of the comparison, but I want to know how I can specifically include < please.

this sounds like the best solution, but when i added <![CDATA[ at the beginning and ]] at the end of the query, i now receive the error: Unexpected end of file while parsing CDATA has occurred. What am I missing?
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Theodosius Von RichthofenDec 21 '12 at 16:38